syncopated.

visions of holland.

it's blowin' the oysters off the rocks mate!

yesterday we weren't allowed to go out cuz the wind was too strong. had the time of our lives, standing on the pier with God's 30 knot fan blowing in your face, cycling through town, up and down the (v)alley behind the hotel. we were damn high!

sailed the practice race today, getting really wet, really cold, going nowhere really fast while spending really large amounts of money. yup,

life is not so easy.

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i'll speak a prophecy ere i go. -the Fool

hallo! goedemorgen. alstublieft, neem me niet kwalijk!

take the plunge.

take a look at this! the time signatures for "ornament/the last wrongs" by oceansize.

• 00:00 - {9/4}
• 02:46 - {[15/4](x3)[11/8]}
• 03:23 - {12/8}
• 04:29 - {[15/4](x3)[11/8]}
• 05:05 - [1/8]
• 05:06 - [6/4](x5)[4/4]

no wonder i couldn't keep time. i thought it was 3 measures of 3 beats and then a single 4 beat measure and a tap ta ta tap ta ta tap ta tap tap tap ta

oh well. it isn't easy to tell 3/4 from 6/4 anyway. so i'll be happy with the way i figured out the rousing chorus.

sad that i won't be able to go and see gongjiao's contact details playing next week cuz i'll be in scheveningen. he's my inspiration i tell you.

we're flying sq!

-tot ziens!
-tot ziens!
-tot ziens! tot ziens! tot ziens!

-the word was made flesh!

ha ha ha.

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turn on the television to watch the 930 news.

money rape dengue richter scale air crash nuclear forest fire fraud homicide tsunami arson.

(how much of it do-)

celebrity theft golf affairs motorbike accident scandal recession civil war money soccer elect-

(... you really want to know?)

-ions national day colin powell gordon brown live 8.

(... makes you feel glad about the state of mankind?)

advertisements advertisements advertisements oh another one maybe this one will be more interesting than the last advertisements advertisements advertisements.

And the walls began to close in and I felt so sad and frightened
I practically ran from the living room out into the street

And the wind began to blow and the trees began to bend
And the world in its cold way started coming alive
And I stood there like a business man waiting for the train

And I got ready for the future to arrive

And I sang
Oh, What do I do? What do I do? What do I do?
What do I do
Without you?

turn off the television. strum.

Strummed at 11:32 PM (x)

been reading national geographic. a few eye-catchers in this july 07 issue.

A nationwide health survey in 2005 concluded that for every thousand children under age five living in the North-Western Province, there were 1,353 cases of malaria. An annual rate of more than 100 percent seems impossible, a typo. It is not. What it means is that many children are infected with malaria more than once a year.

It's easy to list every vaccine that can prevent a parasitic disease in humans. There is none.

aimee mann's version of 'the scientist' fits in very nicely here.

I was just guessin' at numbers and figures,
Pulling your puzzles apart.
Questions of science, science and progress
Do not speak as loud as my heart.

It's such a shame.

i'm so excited about holland. just had a peek at the entry list - don't think i ever recognised so many names before! i just counted 17.

stephen cockerill - he made the video 'the boat whisperer' where he planted video cams on the laser, on the stern and on the mast looking down. rooster sailing!

the five folks from aussie. will be great to see them again.

mathieu frei. i remember him winning the aus laser nationals in brisbane. 4.7 world champion as well i believe.

steven krol and steven le fevre who placed second and third last year. fevre was leading the qingdao olympic test event for a while - i've seen him rather often the last 7 years eh? aosc, opti worlds, radial worlds. rolph oudshoorn who was also leading the 4.7s in lake hourtin last year. somehow the dutch always do well wherever i go, how about at home then?

and perhaps tiffany. haha.

oh boy oh boy.

and meanwhile over in lake ontario ms nurul elia is leading victoria. that's laughable.

wow, incredible, all my posts are about sailing.

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on friday, halfway through a harry potter movie, i looked at my watch. and i saw this.

fri 7- 13
19:13

haha. exciting day.

Signs the signs invisible
Trace the trail and follow you
Wherever you will lead me to
The heart of me and you
Spilling grief to answer to
A God who never answers you

Stay asleep now everyone
Into position.

after witnessing the great lights show in the suntec movie theater, i headed west to the airport and found myself in the company of shaun toh, shawn tan and loh zhichao. i haven't met the latter two for ages.

meanwhile typhoon man-yi rages.

following the goodbyes i thoroughly enjoyed shaun's lorry ride and my midnight bak chor mee in bedok. and the company. the girls were good entertainment really.

time really has flown, everyone i know is quickly moving into adulthood i guess. now when people meet the talk is always about either work, ns or further studies. and relationships. nowadays old acquaintances meet only when they part. perhaps it's meant to be like that. (maybe there are some that part only when they meet. hmmm. greg and melissa hmmm.)


actually.

i'm usually more cryptic than this. since when did i give so many details about my day! haha. what's with me and my numbers. don't think about the numbers.

i look forward to seeing ian thorpe up on my wall some time soon. i look forward to the 65dos album on my door step. eh, no, letter box.

you're only as good as your last 22 world records.

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i shall first spend a moment to relish in the cinematic orchestra's lyrics. i like their new album.

Every soul comes to the sun
Carried on angel’s wings to human birth
Born of love or born of hate
Each one is heaven sent to human fate

In joy and pain each one will grow
For wisdom is so much more than what we know
And every child will find their way
Of living the whole life story day by day

Dream
Little girl, dream
Dream
Little boy, dream
Dream

Out in the garden where we planted the seeds
There is a tree as old as me
Branches were sewn by the color of green
Ground had arose and passed it's knees

By the cracks of the skin I climbed to the top
I climbed the tree to see the world
When the gusts came around to blow me down
I held on as tightly as you held onto me
I held on as tightly as you held onto me

Cause, I built a home
for you
for me

Until it disappeared
from me
from you

And now, it's time to leave
And turn to dust.

yes and every time i hear 'the storm' i think of ms tang.

. . .

many events recently. had a most exciting and certainly memorable inter-schs last week. at the end of it i think there are only many lessons that can be drawn from it. i certainly hope that mike and lionel do at least. and i hope there's no bad feelings in the end.

and i hope my best friend is alright. cheerios mate. 'get used to it' lol.

i mean no offence to the vj sailors. you won it fair and square. just that the ac guys have every right to feel upset and hurt to win the race on the water and lose it on land. there's this paul elvstrom line that i quoted to a few of them friday night.

You haven't won the race, if in winning the race, you have lost the respect of your competitors.

fight as hard as you want on the water, but be best of pals back on shore.

in any case the night was very fun. i will remember sitting in the back of melissa's car furiously scribbling cards for 50-odd sailors, laughing at mike's 10 ways to pick up chicks, bose's distasteful messages, ribbing greg about zhaoey.

i will remember having them over at my place overnight. having greg and kwong totally walk in on me when i was showering cuz i'm not used to locking the door at home. wahahaha.

walking out in the rain with my raincoat and headphones. letting the thoughts just flow and ebb around me. splash splash splash.

i've had a good time.

. . .

according to the worlds website, maxi finished 27 places and a whopping 60 points adrift of qualifying. while vic finished 18 places and 64 points off. although she's impressed me getting into gold fleet. roy and pei ming have good prospects though.

jiayou.

interesting to see that the top 14 sailors in the radial are all of different nationalities. belarus! finland! mexico! israel! amazing.

. . .

fix the sky a little.

comics have been taken from here.

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feels good to be churning out acoustic chord progressions the last two days with michael. songwriting is fun.

acyc did well today. oh well you win some you lose some. tnz lost a nail biter. read about it here. meanwhile may seng leong, maxi, vic and manyi do well in cascais.

Strummed at 11:11 PM (x)

bless you! hehe.

for some reason cheryl gave my ego quite a bruising on saturday night. big sigh.

i'll need to remember to make my appointment with melcolm some time next week.

i've composed a riff. quite happy with it. i'll see if i can conjure something out of it. flourish.

the eits homepage hints at doing shows in "South America, Australia, Europe and Asia." what a dream it would be to see them. even if the last album was a tad disappointing. sistic! can you do something about it please! can we have less of christina and rain and jet (zzzzzz.) and mtv superstars please. if not for my studies i probably won't mind going for funeral for a friend with shane.

apparently the only times that tnz has won has been after my blog posts. so there. you have no excuse now.

give chase.

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